For Jon Alterman, senior vice-president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), Gulf leaders believe that the USA president shared their priorities, including hostility towards Iran.

"Several agreements will be signed, including political agreements. and big economic agreements", he said. Along the way he will meet with King Salman of Saudi Arabia, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Pope Francis, Italian President Sergio Mattarella, King Philippe of Belgium and the leaders of the G7 countries, among others.

He added that the most important message, which would be highlighted during the US-Arab-Islamic summit, was that religion had nothing to do with terrorism, and that all religions repudiate the heinous actions perpetrated by terrorist groups.

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China, with a score of 74 on the index, has been ranked at 82 - far ahead of India, and Sri Lanka has scored 73 on the index. However, it underperformed in the areas of tuberculosis, diabetes, rheumatic heart diseases and chronic kidney disease.

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As might be expected, many highly developed nations, such as Norway, Australia and Canada, scored well. The inaugural version of the index finds huge disparities both between countries, and within them.

Trump himself had already contradicted that explanation, telling interviewers earlier that he had already chose to dismiss Comey. Mueller is going to move forward with the idea of a criminal investigation versus a counterintelligence investigation".

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